Looks delicious. It’s my favorite thing to do with a corned beef
Looking back at some of my old post on the subject here, I have some pics that look identical. I did one recently but my wife is not a fan, it makes her burby, so I do it sparingly and usually when she’s out of town.
Here, the amazing ribs guy trays simmering his corned beef first, in order to avoid softening the crust by steaming after smoking. He simmers to 203 to dissolve collagen, then smokes to 190. I would love to avoid steaming slices as needed.
He felt it was going to be a little, and he’s “going to try steaming, for less constriction, contraction of muscles, less moister loss”.
I’m going to try…wait for it…sous vide!
If you were going to try it, would you sous vide before, or after the rub? I’m thinking the spicing could get too strong. BTW, I only have recently crushed, and not whole coriander, and will be using smoked, hot paprika, but otherwise plan to use the pastrami rub from that website.
I use the NY Times recipe for smokeless pastrami. Smoked salt replaces actual smoking. I make a large batch and freeze portions. I forgot I had some and defrosted it.